Air war angles war blitz on Britain and Germany
War analysis contrasts Allied air raids on Germany with Nazi bombing of Britain. It notes centralized RuhrIndustry, Britain's dispersed plants, and the role of American supply convoys. It argues invasions may follow raids and highlights the strategic aim to cripple essential war production and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
England
Germany
Saukmilegion
Mussolini
Althe
Churchill
Britain
Ruhr
Fuehrer
London
John Buil
Uncle Sam
Hiller
America
Atlantic
British Isles
Western
Europe
Flooded Lanes and Slidery Bridges Through Midwest Waters
Floods stretch from St Louis to Chicago leaving rail lines submerged and towns isolated. Industrial plants in southern Illinois and eastern Missouri face peril as Mississippi and Illinois rivers flood, with Wolf Lake seeing six inches of water and officials fearing the Powder Plant's 2000 acres could be endangered. Clarence Campbell, OCD director of Union County, warns of worsening danger as authorities assess impact.
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Elcog
Grouth
St. Louis
Cairo
Filinais
Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Illinot
Wolf Lake
Clarence Campbell
OCD
Union County
Rubber Plant Strike Continues Across Major Firms
The CIO United Rubber Workers held a special session to urge a back-to-work plea after a walkout stalled production in three, now four, rubber plants in Akron. About 80,000 idle workers, with Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich most affected, prompt renewed WLB hearings on a wage decision.
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We -Akron
API
CIO
United Rubber Workers
War Labor Board
Sherman Hh. Dalrymple
URW
Washington
WLB
General Tire & Rubber Coa
General
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
Firestone
Goodrich
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Lutheran church officers and budget row at meeting
Dr William L Stough incumbent and Rev Paul C Empie present secretary of benevolence lead the remaining candidates. Dr Stough hints at desk so retire while Dr Emil E Fischer chosen president and Dr O W Osterlund reelected ministerium treasurer both Philadelphians. Ministerium approves 151000 budget for 1944 plus 366000 for Muhlenberg College and the Theological Seminary at Mt Airy each to receive 10000 yearly for war time needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Stough
Paul C. Empie
Stough
Desko
Emil E. Fischer
O. W. Osterlund
Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church
Muhlensberg College
Theological Seminary
Mt. Airy
Rail labor board recommends wage hikes for 73 classes
The wage recommendation would raise about 204 million dollars annual payroll across 73 classes including shop crafts clerks and maintenance workers. Increases would be retroactive to February 1 and not allow railroad rate rises. retroactive payments would be issued later. Switchmen and four operating brotherhoods are not affected as they pursue a separate 20 percent demand. dispute to start June 7 near New York before an emergency board.
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Wess
Wer
Lentis
Ealings
Board
Poey
Pure Taskn
New York
Mississippi flood menaces Illinois plant near Watt Lake
About five miles north of Watt Lake near Grindover Illinois Central Public Service creating plant, an $8,000,000 project, was surrounded by rising Mississippi waters. The plant, supplying power for units south of Trustula and many Wal mines, faced imminent danger as sands bags ringed the firm. Evacuations continued in Beard town as the river rose, with 3,300 of 6,500 residents moved. The flood's crest was expected to reach 30 feet, while St Louis traffic showed a six inch drop in two hours. The crisis eased in Indiana but remained serious in nearby states.
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Watt Lake
Grindover
Illinois Central Public Service
Mississippi
Tustula
Generalo
Gardiner
Beard Tuwn Lily
Armiy
Seriou
Ilinois
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Indiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Clean-Up at Manor Cemetery May 29 Planned
Saturday May 22 was set aside to mow and clean Manor Cemetery in Cherryhill Township. Residents with friends buried there were asked to bring lawnmowers or help with the cleanup. The article also includes lengthy diocesan notes and remarks by Bishop Wyatt-Brown on church unity and remarriage canons.
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Manor Cemetery
Cherryhill Township
Ford Family Secrets and War Production Pace
The Ford company continues a $4.5 billion war goods production push while secrets linger over Edsel Ford’s share of assets and the ultimate disposition of the Ford fortune. Henry Ford Sr and Edsel Ford are linked by leadership plans as aging executives weigh changes and the firm’s assets hover above $718 million in recent statements. Edsel, born 1908, rose to president through a path from factory work to executive roles, with philanthropic and civic duties alongside his automotive duties.
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Henry Ford
Ford Company
Edse
Ford
Massachusetts
Hinsel
Charles E. Sorenson
Sorenson
Ford’ Organization
Detroit
Bagleyr Avene
Detroi University School
Edsi
Wiy
Ndsel Ford
Detroit Tustinite of Arts
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
American Red Cross
Henry Ford Hospital
Manufactures Nation Bank of Detroit
Detroit University School
Ford Foundation
Dearborn
Ford Motor Company
Edsel
Henry
Clara Bryant Ford
Eleanor Lawthian Clay
Phillips Co. Ordered to Cease Labor Interference
The National Labor Relations Board ruled T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Company of Buller must cease interfering with employees in Allegheny Butler Beaver Armstrong Clearfield Clarion Jefferson and Indiana counties. The board found evidence of interference and coercion linked to unions CIO and District 50 United Mine Workers and noted employees had been questioned about affiliations. The ruling followed a May 3 and 4 hearing in Buller led by trial examiner John H. Eadie.
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Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Company
Buller
Allegheny
Butler
Beaver
Armstrong
Clearfield
Clarion
Jefferson
Indiana
Jan. Il
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
NLRB
United Mine Workers
John H. Eadie
Catholics Call for Coordinated Effort to End World Troubles
A gathering of 300 civic labor and church leaders heard calls for Catholic readiness to join civil and intelligent moves addressing global troubles and the rise of Communism. Speakers from James Corcoran to Rev Boland urged coordinated labor and government action, criticizing patchwork solutions and urging a comprehensive approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
James &. Corcoran
New York
Catholic Conference
John P. Boland
New York State Labor Relations Board
Jos. J. Wehrle
Villa Maria College
Erie
Alfred Murphy
AFL
Pattern Makers Union
O. W. L. Coffin
Regional War Labor Board
Cleveland
Murphy
Allied Raids Hit Duesseldorf and German Towns in Strong Attacks
The report cites a major air assault on Duesseldorf and several other German targets, with 27 bombers lost in the raid described as carried out in very great strength. The campaign follows two prior daylight strikes on the British coast and a unsuccessful fighter clash near the southeast coast as RAF Spitfires scattered enemy Focke Wulf 109s. At least 12 civilians died and homes were damaged in the German towns attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Duesseldorf
Dave Forte
Adolf Hitler
Rhine
Collogne
Dortmund
Krupp
France
Tallans
Italy
Racio
Far Pacific
North Pacific
U. S
Attu
Camage
Russia
Seator
Moscow
Balkans
Rumania
Turkey
Dursseldorf
Messina
Northwest African Air Force
Desert Air Force
Rome
Cairo
Naval Base
Naval Oil Depot
Haly
Preveza
Greece
Puuntelleria
Tunisia
Terranove
Olbia
Licaty
Porto Empedocle
Portoscuso
Bobba Ai Falco
Sardinia
Sicily
Edsel Ford Seen as True Leader Behind Ford Motor
Edsel Ford served as both figurehead and real president of the Ford Motor Company, handling public appearances before Senate committees and other engagements. Henry Ford acknowledged Edsel’s independent mind and strong ideas, noting he knew some things better than I do while I know others better than him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Industrial Organization
Edsel Ford
Senate
Edsel
Henry Ford
Edse
Teacher Pregnancy Case in School Board Debate
The school board solicitor argues pregnancy is not unavoidable and could disrupt staffing if restoration is granted after absence. Mrs Brown’s attorney contends accepting married teachers implies no penalty for having babies, highlighting a clash over maternity in the classroom.
Miners Win Gains in War Labor Board Ruling and Negotiations
The War Labor Board endorsed concessions for miners including a $30 vacation pay rise from $20 to $50 and free safety gear tools and blacksmithing services, retroactive to April 1. Portals to tunnels and wage issues will shape further talks, with UMW leaders in Washington and district presidents summoned for negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
UMW
Washingtton
Taxes and Windfall Rules for 1942 Tax Abatement Plan
House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton outlines a compromise to ease 1942 tax obligations, with windfall adjustments based on base years 1938 1939 and 1940. The plan details exemptions for armed forces and special provisions for notches, quarterly payments and estimated withholdings for top earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Coughton
Treasury
YOUTH AWARDED RAILROAD HERO MEDALS IN PHILA
Philadelphia May 26 Pennsy awarded medals for heroic service to two youths. Paul W Hargrave 18 dived into the Schuylkill River and swam under rails four times to reach a passenger who leaped from the bridge. Charles W Harrison 19 dragged a 64 year old woman from the path of an approaching train. Harrison received a leave of absence from Camp Stewart Ga to accept the honor. Hargrave awaits induction into the Army Air Forces.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
M. W. Clement
Paul W. Hargrave
Schuylkill River
30Th Street
Charles W. Harrison
4H. Louis Division
Harrison
Camp Stewart
Hargrave
Army Air Force
International War Headlines From The Front Lines
Reporting across theaters from Europe to the Pacific, Allied and Axis actions unfold. Italy faces potential collapse under allied invasion while German pressure mounts on Romania and operations intensify over Messina and Sardinia with heavy air raids and considerable aircraft losses reported.
Taxpayers to meet revised December 15 deadline
The notice outlines a special rule allowing taxpayers to file an estimated tax declaration any time before December 15 and pay the due amount. It requires a final adjustment with the government on March 15 for those on a calendar year basis.
Minor H Day dies at 79 former Washington Reporter editor
Washington Pa May 26 AP Minor H Day longtime editor of the Washington Reporter died yesterday at 79 He returned from retirement to lead the paper during World War II after 50 years of service Day graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1884 and launched a career in news shaping the paper from four to as many as twenty pages He was active in church civic work and MA of the YMCA He is survived by widow Bessie Hart Day and three children Funeral set for Thursday at Second Presbyterian Church with burial in Washington Cemetery
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Washington, Pa
H. Day
Pearl Harbor
Washington Reporter
Day
Washington County
Washington and Jefferson College
Reporter
Locals
M.C.A
Bessie Hart Day
Guy R. Day
John H. Day
Bridgeville
Elizabeth C. Day
Washington
Guy Day
Eithar
Second Presbyterian Church
Washington Cemetery
Best System If Liquor Held Tested by Harrisburg Board
Harrisburg May 26 Pennsylvanians heard from Liquor Board chairman Frederick Gelder that the best system would be used if rationing liquor becomes necessary. He said no galioning system is planned though the board can act under a new bill. He noted complications, with current allotments and abuse by crew buyers and friends, delaying any rationing decision.
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Harrisburg
Barber to the troops and morale leader in Britain
Private Heyner of Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania, 34, official hair cutter for an ordnance unit in Great Britain, trained at Fort Meade, inducted February last year, has spent seven months in England amid air raids, and keeps busy with hikes and baseball between duties. He left State College after two years studying architecture and mechanical engineering and reunited with hometown acquaintance Private Edward Deyarmin in England.
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Mer R. Hever
Joseph Hevner
Derry Tree
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Heyner
Fort Meade
Hevner
Allied raids hammer Italian defenses in Sicily Sardinia Pantelleria
Allied air forces pounded Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria in a major strike, with Northwest Africa and Middle East command fleets dropping 175 tons of explosives. The operation targeted docks rail yards airfields and naval bases, destroying 23 Axis aircraft and fueling heavy bombardment across the three islands.
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Washington
Mussolini
Germany
Vittorio Emanuele
Prince of
Naples
U.S
Churchill
White House
Berlin
Robert Wagner
Alsace
Baden
Europe
Russia
Rumania
Ankara
Transylvania
Hungary
Stalingrad
Don
Caucasus
Moschy
Italy
North Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Northwest Africa Command
Messina
Middle East
Itavian
Obituary notices for McConnaughhey Fisher and others
Obituary details for Clark McConnaughhey born 1863 died at home near Georgeville with 14 grandchildren and numerous siblings. Also notices for Mrs Mary E Williams and John Fisher 93 died in Whitestown with service details at Robinson Funeral Home and St Bernard's Church. Interments planned at Roundtop Cemetery and Elderton Cemetery.
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Clark M'Connaughey
Thompson
Elizabeth
Hall) McConnaughey
Clyde McConnaughey
Georgeville
Trade City
Mabel Chambers
Gettysburg
Owen Smith
Thomas Remaley
Battle Cre Mich
Leslie Meneely
Punxsutawney
R. D
Maude Lydick
Indiana
Mary Pollack
Rochester Mills
Binnie McConnaughey
Bertha Thompson
Marion Center
Edward McConnaughey
Allerton
Jacob Troutman
Roundtop Cemetery
Mary £ E. Williams
Robinson Funeral Home
David R. Graham
First Methodist Church
Bolivar
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Indiana, Pa
Lutheran
Hage One
Manor
Art S. Gast
Williamsport
Joselyn Reed
Columbia
Holabird Quartermaster's Depot
Baltimore
John R. Leatherbury
Altoona
S. Whitney Hale
Boston
Arthur G. W. Pfafko
Blue Ridge Summit
Roscoe T. Foust
Bethlehem
Frank Dean Gifford
Mamoroneck
Harry Austin Pardue
Buffalo
Elwood
Haines
Louisville
Richard T. Loving
Wyatt - Brown
Tarrisburg
St. Paul's Cathdral
N. Y
St. Michael and All Angeles
St. Paul
Methodist Church
Church of England
Wynatt-Brown
P.R.R
Oth Going
Frank McCandless
Tacoma
Wash
Lincoln Loy McCandless
Honolulu
Hawaii
Anna O'Brien
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Fisher
White Township
United States
Lucinds (Miller) Fisher
St. Bernard Catholic Church
St. Bernard’s
Elderton Cemetery
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